Ridiculing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for seeing a ‘Kejriwal effect’ in the decisions taken by Capt Amarinder Singh government, the Punjab Congress on Sunday said that the opposition party should stop indulging in senseless behaviour to remain in limelight.
Reacting to comments by AAP leaders that key decisions taken by the Punjab government, including the move to ban beacons, were a result of “its new form of politics”, the state Congress spokesperson asked where the so-called ‘Kejriwal effect’ had disappeared on the voting day.
It is obvious, claimed the spokesperson, that having failed to have any effect on the electorate, AAP is now desperately looking for some face-saving by indulging in senseless gimmickry.
Rather than work as a constructive opposition, the party appeared to have adopted a policy of negation, he said.
Responding to a statement by AAP leader HS Phoolka that the cabinet decisions were prompted by the “moral pressure” mounted by Arvind Kejriwal during electioneering, the Congress spokesperson said that the opposition party leader had not even bothered to check out the Congress manifesto.